HOMEWORK –

STUDENT RESOURCES –

PERIOD 2,3 –

Criminal Behavior

TODAY’S TOPIC –

The Cost of Living and the Poverty Issue

TEACHING OBJECTIVE –

Students will understand through activity that 40% of crime in our country could be prevented by lowering the dropout rate. Students will see that the dropout issue affects them even if they are on track to lead a good life.

TEACHING AGENDA –

Step 1 – Looking at the cost of living

Step 2 – Use the game links to look at the odds of living the life we want.

Step 3 – How the poverty issue goes far back in time and how it affects everyday people who don’t believe it has anything to do with them.